[stripes1776]

One thing I’ve been curious about, but haven’t seen addressed anywhere, is if the AppleTV can stream pretty much any video from the local network? Not just the stuff you rent through iTunes. I’d like to rip my DVDs to a big network attached disk and be able to play them through the AppleTV. Can it do this? Will it support the DVD menus?

That is exactly my question too. It seems certain that you can convert movies to H.264 format, import them to iTunes, and stream them from there. But can you stream a DVD or a disk image without importing into iTunes?

[itsahoot]

Will it play VOB files? If so just rip the entire DVD. Haven’t played with one yet.